Blog Entries by Adelaide Brown

I was recently watching a show that was interviewing Gracia Burnham, the missionary who was held captive with her husband for over a year by Muslim extremists. Her husband ended up dying in the midst of their rescue and Gracia made it out alive. She endured more hardships than many of us will ever know and yet she has the most amazing faith and...

This past week has been one of the hardest weeks of my life as I lost my job that I so dearly love. I have cried many tears, experienced so much pain and felt every emotion. I lost my job due to some unforeseen circumstances and this has come as a shock to me. Now, I have to grieve the loss of the best job I have ever had and try and find...

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Hebrews 8:12

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. “ Psalm 103:12

The other day my friend was talking about the idea of God forgiving and forgetting our sins. This is something I have heard so many times yet this is...

This past weekend, Craig Gross came and spoke to my church on loneliness and how it can easily be connected with porn. The interesting thing is that just last week, I was talking to a friend about how lonely I have been feeling, even though I have so many great friends, and how I think it has a direct correlation to my desire for porn. Then a...

I was recently sharing with a friend about my struggles with pornography and she asked me a pretty basic question but it rocked me. She asked, “What is the biggest lesson you have learned since starting on this healing journey?” It took me a while to really pinpoint anything I have learned because it has been so easy for me to be blinded by the...

I have been thinking a lot about my faith lately and what I perceive it to be. I am finding that there are a lot of rules and regulations that I was taught growing up in the church that are still very much a part of me. As much as I have tried to stray from them, they are still rooted deep within me and hard to release.  Thankfully I have moved...

I love when God talks, He makes Himself very clear by providing so many people and incidents in a short period of time to reiterate what He is wanting me to know. I have experienced this the last few weeks and have related it to my own struggle/story and it has provided encouragement and hope for a brighter future.

I heard someone talk today...

“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.  And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.” –Romans 8:1-2

I have struggled with my addiction to porn and masturbation for over fifteen years and finally decided to talk about it a little over...

Since beginning this journey of healing from my addiction, God has given me a clear picture of  running a race and He is on the sidelines, cheering me on every step of the way. Just recently though, I got an even clearer picture of God running this race with me, never leaving my side. There are many times that I slip up and fall and more often...

When we are stuck in sin and the shame and guilt overwhelm us, it is so easy to think that God is so far off and that we are too dirty and guilty to be in His presence. I have often found this to be my mindset when I am in the darkest moments of my addiction. It is so easy to believe that God is so far away and that we have to do x, y and z...